This week on Episode 9, we discuss Viola Davis moving to Supporting, other Oscar news along with film news, the trailer for Shia LaBeouf's newest movie "Man Down" and we answer some fan questions as well.

I had the privilege of being a part of a new segment on the InSession Film Podcast where we talk about the awards season, the upcoming Oscars and the films that are at the forefront of the conversation. Click below to have a listen and be sure to subscribe to them on SoundCloud, iTunes, Tunein and more on their webpage InSessionFilm.com

​Every year I always seem to hear that it's the year of women at the Oscars. However, I never really believed it as good women roles continued to be hard to come by and female-driven films did not get all of the Oscar consideration they deserved. Most notably, two years ago Ava DuVernay missed out on a Best Director nomination for "Selma" and Gillian Flynn was snubbed for adapting her own work in "Gone Girl." However, this seems to be the year where the women are truly at the forefront of some of the best films of the year.

For this week, we review the Gotham Awards nominees, talk the latest film news, more about the current state of the awards season race and we discuss the trailers for "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2," "Logan," and "A Cure For Wellness."

In the spirit of the month of October, we are continuing with part 2 of my horrifying list of terrific zombie films from the 21st Century which I started a week ago here. Click below to see which films topped my list and which films just barely missed the cut.

It's our first episode without Will but Michael and I do our best to discuss where the Oscar Race now stands after the 2nd week of the New York Film Festival comes to a close. We also discuss our reactions to the new trailers for "John Wick: Chapter 2" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."

The two week long New York Film Festival has come and gone. It was a memorable one for me as it was my first film festival while running NextBestPicture.com and I can honestly say that I had a full experience that gave me great joy. I highly urge you, that if you love cinema, to check out your own local film festivals and take the time to surround yourself with the same people who love movies just as much as you do. But enough about that, I'm sure what most of you want to know is how did the festival impact this year's Oscar race? Click below to find out.

For this week's main review on The Next Best Picture Podcast, we have yet another double feature with "The Accountant" and "13th." Myself and Michael are joined for the first time on the show by Mike Vermette whose reviews you may have seen on the site for "The Accountant," "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children," "Blair Witch," and "Morgan." We are very happy to have him come on for the first time (Despite there being some audio issues with the first part of his recording) and cannot wait to have him come on again.

It’s officially October: the month where stories about creeping clown hoaxes make national news and movie buffs return to the guilty pleasure films they would never deign to watch at any other time of the year. Among those films is the concept of the zombie film. Ever since George Romero introduced the world to walking, flesh-eating ghouls with 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead,” something about the mindlessly hungry nature of the zombie has captured the public’s imagination. In the 21st century, there are more zombie films coming out than ever. Zombies are ideal subject matter for every indie horror filmmaker who hopes that his low-budget splatter fest ends up on Netflix. Ever since AMC’s “The Walking Dead” premiered in 2010, zombies have been the new vampires. They’re everywhere.

On this week's episode of the Next Best Picture podcast, we have a lot of news to unpack as we talk about the first week of the New York Film Festival, the latest news in the world of film and the 2016 awards race. There are also a ton of new trailers including "Allied," "Patriot's Day," "Jackie" and more. Please be sure to check out our other podcast from this week with our reviews of "The Girl On The Train" and "The Birth Of A Nation."

For this week's main review on the Next Best Picture Podcast, we have a double feature. First up is Tate Taylor's thriller adaptation of the Best Selling Novel "The Girl On The Train" with our guest, Sarah Buddery from Sarahsawamovie.com. After that, myself, Will and Michael review one of the most anticipated Oscar contenders of the year, "The Birth of A Nation."

I just had the pleasure of watching Ava DuVernay's latest film "13th" on Netflix and I cannot stress enough how much I urge you to stop reading this and go watch that right this very moment if you can. I also highly recommend running to your local theater if it is playing there and seeing it on the big screen as it truly packs a punch that you can only experience in the cinema. The reason I bring this up is because after two embarrassing years in a row where the Academy could not bring themselves to nominate a single person of color in all four of the acting races, this year seems to be the answer to that outcry known as #OscarsSoWhite.

We have decided to split the Next Best Picture Podcast into two separate shows a week. One will focus on the main film review of the week while the other will focus on the Oscar Season. You can find our episode with a review of "Deepwater Horizon" here. On episode 5 we focus on the New York Film Festival, recap the weekly news of the week and talk about the new trailers for "Fences" and "Rules Don't Apply."